Coquetry

  • 101flirting — n. flirtation, coquetry, affectionate and playful conduct meant to arouse sexual interest; brief romance flÉœrt /flɜːt n. charming tease, one who teases affectionately; fickle person, inconstant person; sudden movement, quick motion v. tease… …

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  • 102show off — boast, be proud; exhibit; coquetry, prissiness; one who thinks highly of himself and attempts to demonstrate it to others …

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  • 103coquette — [kɒ kɛt] noun 1》 a flirtatious woman. 2》 a crested Central and South American hummingbird. [Lophornis and other genera.] Derivatives coquetry noun coquettish adjective coquettishly adverb coquettishness noun …

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  • 104flirtation — n. Coquetry, affectation of love …

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  • 105discompose — discompose, disquiet, disturb, perturb, agitate, upset, fluster, flurry are comparable when they mean to excite one so as to destroy one s capacity for clear or collected thought or prompt action. Discompose is sometimes only slightly more… …

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  • 106shy — adj Shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy can mean showing disinclination to obtrude oneself in the presence or company of others. Shy implies a shrinking, sometimes constitutional, sometimes the result of inexperience, from familiarity or contact …

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  • 107sly — sly, cunning, crafty, tricky, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful, artful are comparable when they mean having or showing a disposition to attain one s ends by devious or indirect means. Sly implies a lack of candor which shows itself in… …

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  • 108trick — n 1 Trick, ruse, stratagem, maneuver, gambit, ploy, artifice, wile, feint are comparable when they mean an act or an expedient whereby one seeks to gain one s ends by indirection and ingenuity and often by cunning. Trick implies cheating or… …

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  • 109dalliance — n 1. dawdling, dillydallying, shilly shallying, procrastination; delay, Archaic. tarriance, loitering, lingering, Sl. hanging around; idling, loafing, Inf. lallygagging, Sl. goofing off. 2. trifling, toying, fiddling, playing, tinkering,… …

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  • 110flirtation — n 1. coquetry, flirting, vamping, affectation of love, gallantry; trifling, toying, dallying, dalliance, philandering; wooing, Inf. sparking, courting, billing and cooing, necking, petting, Inf. spooning, serenading; googoo eyes, sheep s eyes,… …

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